The Regions of Venezuela () are two groupings of
Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...
's
states, capital district, and federal dependencies. Venezuela's
natural regions (''Regiones naturales'') are divided by
natural geography, and administrative regions (''Regiones político-administrativas'') are delineated for the purpose of regional
administration
Administration may refer to:
Management of organizations
* Management, the act of directing people towards accomplishing a goal: the process of dealing with or controlling things or people.
** Administrative assistant, traditionally known as a se ...
.
Administrative regions
Administrative regions (''Regiones político-administrativas'') are grouped from Venezuela's neighboring states, federal dependencies, and the capital district for the purpose of local
administration
Administration may refer to:
Management of organizations
* Management, the act of directing people towards accomplishing a goal: the process of dealing with or controlling things or people.
** Administrative assistant, traditionally known as a se ...
in the process of
regional development. The Political-Administrative regions were created from a
decree
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on 11 June 1969 and have been modified since their creation, and there are currently nine regions.
Notes:
# Population figures are 2005 estimates
# The area of the Páez municipality has, for the time being, been incorrectly counted here as belonging to the
Llanos Region, rather than the
Andean Region.
Natural regions
Natural regions (''Regiones naturales'') are grouped based on a
natural region
A natural region (landscape unit) is a basic geographic unit. Usually, it is a region which is distinguished by its common natural features of geography, geology, and climate.
From the ecological point of view, the naturally occurring flora and ...
, regardless of population or development, and formed from
geo-physical criteria such as geological constitution,
relief
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,
climate
Climate is the long-term weather pattern in a region, typically averaged over 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years. Some of the meteoro ...
,
hydrography,
vegetation
Vegetation is an assemblage of plants and the ground cover they provide. It is a general term, without specific reference to particular Taxon, taxa, life forms, structure, Spatial ecology, spatial extent, or any other specific Botany, botanic ...
,
soils, and others. Venezuela is considered one of 18
Megadiverse countries by
Conservation International, and the Natural regions do not always correspond exactly to the borders of the states.
Venezuela is divided into eight Natural regions:
*
Andean Natural Region
*
Caribbean Mountain-System Natural Region
*
Guayana Natural Region
*
Insular Natural Region
*
Lara-Falcón Hill-System Natural Region
*
Los Llanos Natural Region
*
Lake Maracaibo Lowlands Natural Region
*
Orinoco Delta Natural Region
References
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Subdivisions of Venezuela